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Many Christians do not understand what Daniel taught about critical end time prophetic events

Depiction of Daniel in the Lions’ Den (Daniel 6:16-23) COGwriter Daniel was a well known prophet of God who lived during the reigns of Kings Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus. Some observe a memorial to the death of the Prophet Daniel on July 21st of each year, while the Greeks tend to pick December 17th. [...]

Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the latest items we received  today: VOA: ’1 Year After Declaring Caliphate, Islamic State Remains Strong.’ Tunisia killings are related proof VOA: ’1 año después de declarar el Califato, el Estado Islámico sigue fuerte.’ Asesinatos [...]

‘Go Set a Watchman’ sells over a million copies–but it is NOT doing the real ‘watchman’ duty

COGwriter It has only been out about a week, but the novel Go Set a Watchman reportedly has sold over a million copies so far: July 20, 2015 NEW YORK — Critics dismissed it as a rough draft for “To Kill a Mockingbird” and readers despaired over an aging, racist Atticus Finch. But Harper Lee’s [...]

UN approves Iran deal, US tells Israel it may need to agree to disagree

COGwriter Barack Obama endorses the deal, Pope Francis endorsed the deal, and now the United Nations’ Security Council has officially endorsed the Iranian deal: July 20, 2015 WASHINGTON—The U.N. Security Council has unanimously endorsed the agreement Iran and a group of six world powers struck last week to limit the Iranian nuclear program in exchange [...]

Bill Cosby and his hypocrisy

Bill Cosby (Photo courtesy The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia) COGwriter For the past 50 plus years, Bill Cosby has been famous.  As a child I remember him promoting moral behaviours–not just for African-Americans, but supposedly for everybody.  My wife and I saw him also in person at CalPoly, San Luis Obispo a decade or [...]

Varoufakis: Greek deal will fail; Hollande proposes Eurozone government

Yanis-Varoufakis (photo by Jörg Rüger) COGwriter Will the deal with Greece succeed?  According to its last finance minister, the answer is no: July 18, 2015 Economic reforms imposed on Greece by creditors are going to fail, according to the country’s outspoken former finance minister. Yanis Varoufakis told the BBC that Greece was subject to a [...]

Sermonette: China: Present and Future

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermonette from its ContinuingCOG channel: 16:30 China: Present and Future Jay Chang shares his observations about what is going on in China. What is going on with religion in China? What about persecution? He mentions that unregistered churches are viewed as a threat by [...]

StemExpress changes website, but still is selling baby body parts

Unborn baby COGwriter It was recently brought out into the open that Planned Parenthood is engaged in harvesting and and ultimately selling human tissues from aborted babies. One company that engages in such human trafficking, StemExpress, made some changes to its website, but still sells baby body parts: July 18, 2015 StemExpress, a biotech company with ties [...]

After deal, Iran’s Khamenei calls USA ‘arrogant’ and ‘the real terrorists;’ he also says Iran will not change its policies in Middle East

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei COGwriter Those who have stated that the nuclear deal with Iran has changed Iran’s practices, may wish to understand what its Ayatollah Khamenei said today: July 18, 2015 Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that a historic nuclear deal reached with world powers earlier this week won’t have any effect [...]

Sermon: John 4-6: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, Miracles, and the Bread of Life

Fragment from the Gospel Written by John (Ryland’s Papyrus c. 125 A.D.) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:09:03 John 4-6: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, Miracles, and the Bread of Life This is the second part of a multi-part series on the Gospel according [...]